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Farmland preservation board opens enrollment; presenter outlines easement process and state reimbursement
Summary
Keith Yerrick of the farmland preservation board told commissioners that applications are being accepted through April 15 and explained that accepted easements sell development rights in perpetuity; he said the state generally pays about 75'80% of survey and recording costs while the county covers the remainder.
Keith Yerrick, representing the farmland preservation board, told the Board of Commissioners on March 26 that open enrollment is under way and applications are due April 15.
"The preservation is if accepted and the property owner then, agrees to the offer submitted, you're basically selling off your development rights for perpetuity," Yerrick said, explaining that an…
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